BU Now » smartphones http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Palm shopping itself http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/12/palm-shopping-itself/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/12/palm-shopping-itself/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:30:19 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5173 Palm PrePDA pioneer Palm, creator of the Pre smartphone, reportedly is shopping itself and has hired Goldman Sachs to help find a buyer.  School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, head of the Information Systems Department, says a sale was inevitable as Palm has not been able to gain much traction with it’s Pre beyond a small group of core followers.

“It may well be that Palm does not get a premium and that an acquisition may be attractive for the talent but not for hardware or software.”

Contact N. Venkat Venkatraman, 617-353-7117, venkat@bu.edu

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Contact N. Venkat Venkatraman, 617-353-7117, venkat@bu.edu

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